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  • EDPR halts yieldco plans

    15 September 2015

    EDP Renováveis (EDPR), the renewables arm of Portuguese utility EDP, has become the latest company to halt plans to launch a European focused yieldco.

  • NESF could raise up to £98.4m in share placement

    14 September 2015

    NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) could raise up to £98.4 million ($152 million) in its latest equity raise, after announcing an updated net asset value (NAV) on which the issue will be based.

  • NextEnergy Solar Fund to raise more equity capital this month

    07 September 2015

    NextEnergy Solar Fund is to tap the equity market again in the next three weeks under its year-long placing programme, with up to 95.25 million shares potentially available for sale.

  • Bluefield postpones European yieldco IPO

    31 July 2015

    Bluefield Partners has postponed indefinitely the initial public offering (IPO) of its €200 million ($219 million) Europe-focused solar fund, blaming "unfavourable market conditions".

  • NextEnergy closes £22.7 debt with NIBC Bank

    21 July 2015

    UK-listed yieldco NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has closed a £22.7 million ($35 million) debt facility with NIBC Bank NV to refinance two of its projects.

  • TRIG sells £128m of shares at cut-down price

    17 July 2015

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has raised £127.75 million ($200 million) after cutting the price of its shares after the UK renewables sector was hit by the withdrawal of a tax break.

  • NextEnergy delays second yieldco IPO by 2 weeks amid Greece turmoil

    13 July 2015

    NextEnergy Capital has delayed by two weeks its plans to float its second yieldco, partly because investor sentiment was hit by the crisis talks about whether Greece will exit the eurozone.

  • Bluefield plans second, €200m yieldco focused on Europe

    13 July 2015

    Bluefield Partners plans to float a second, €200 million ($222.8 million) yieldco on London's main market, this time focusing on European markets rather than the UK.

  • NextEnergy Solar Fund eyes 19% dividend increase

    01 July 2015

    NextEnergy Solar Fund, a UK yieldco, has confirmed it is on track to increase its dividend next year to 6.25 pence, an increase of 19% on its 2014-15 payout.

  • Building out the yieldco

    22 June 2015

    With more yieldcos expected to come to market in coming months, how will this asset class evolve, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett